Running head: JLM1 Task Two: Lesson Plan
JZT2, Curriculum Evaluation, Task 2
Western Governors University
Introducti
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The instructional setting addressed is an eighth-grade social studies class of 30
students. The lesson in review takes place in the first unit of study (“Revolution and the New
Nation (1754-1820s)”) during the first semester of the academic year. This lesson covers the
Causes of the American Revolution and students have previously studied about the causes of
the American Revolution and the three different parties that the colonists chose to join.
Differences in Standards
The original U.S. history standard in this Social Studies lesson plan and the newly
adopted U.S. history standard both require that students will understand the causes of the
American Revolution. In their own manner, both standards are set up for students to compare
contributions to the American Revolution. One difference between the original and adopted
standard is that the old standard has three main focuses: perspectives, event order, and
causation, whereas the new standard focuses on the contributions of specific key people and
groups to the Revolution. Another difference is that the new standard does not require
students to address the reconstruction of the chronology of critical events or analyzing
political and economic origins, rather it requires students to compare key people and groups
and does so by using the words “compare” and “use” as methods of showing their
understanding.
New Lesson Objective
